#16B471#16B471

#16B471 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.156 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B471
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 113)
HSL	hsl(155, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(155, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 37.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -53.43, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 58.48, 156.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.1441 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.156 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6307, 34.0028, 21.1481)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B471 #B41659

analogous

#16B422 #16B471 #16A8B4

triadic

#16B471 #7116B4 #B47116

tetradic

#16B471 #2216B4 #B41659 #A8B416

square

#16B471 #2216B4 #B41659 #A8B416

split-complementary

#16B471 #B416A8 #B42216

monochromatic

#09472D #0F7D4F #16B471 #23E492 #5AEBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#16B471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B471

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B471	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.156 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cc9a',
    500: '#16b471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b471;
$custom-light: #74cc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.557,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67971,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B471

secondary

#CE588A

accent

#3385F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B471

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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